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Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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b. 196

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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In the first half of bar there is no  lowering b3 to b3 in A (→GC,FE). This is a typical Chopin's inaccuracy in arpeggios spanning more than one octave.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Accidentals in different octaves

b. 196

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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In the main text we add cautionary naturals next to the F-f octave in the L.H.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 196

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Arpeggio sign in A (→FE,GC→GE)

No sign in EE
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The lack of an arpeggio sign in EE is most probably an oversight by the engraver.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE

b. 196

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

No sign in A (→FE,GC→GE)

Arpeggio sign in EE
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The arpeggio sign added in EE may be regarded as a revision, although one cannot exclude a mistake – the engraver might have mistaken for an arpeggio sign one of the lines that form the treble clef.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in EE

b. 197-201

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

No slur in A (→EE,GC→GE)

Slur in FE
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The L.H. slur added in FE is one of a few elements indicating a perfunctory revision (by the editor, Fontana, Chopin?) of FE1. We give it in the main text because this phrase echoes the beginning of the Ballade, where parts of both hands were provided with slurs by Chopin.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: FE revisions